detoxication

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any metabolic process by which the toxicity of a material is reduced
2. noun Any treatment of a patient suffering from poisoning that promotes physiological process to reduce the effects

Similar words

detoxification detoxificant disintoxication detoxing detoxifier toxification biodetoxification detox deoxidization decontamination

Often followed by

of and mechanisms in by enzymes mechanism is reactions

Word family

detoxicant detoxicants detoxicate detoxicated detoxicates detoxicating detoxications